Tottenham have won the 2018 International Champions Cup over Inter on goal difference, after the Nerazzurri could ‘only’ defeat Atletico Madrid by a 1-0 scoreline.
Luciano Spalletti will have been very pleased with what he saw, though, as the real objective was to warm up for next weekend’s Serie A kick-off.
Inter were the more dangerous team for the majority of the first half, with Mauro Icardi forcing Jan Oblak into a stunning close-range save in the 11th minute before Lautaro Martinez gave the Slovenian no chance with a powerful karate-kick of a volley at the far post in the 31st minute.
Lautaro Martinez scores against Atlético. This kid's really struggling to get used to European football, right? pic.twitter.com/2LY8k3vVgh
— Daniel Edwards ???? (@DanEdwardsGoal) August 11, 2018
Atletico’s Angel Correa had the ball in the back of the net in the 43rd tick of the clock, but what he thought was the equaliser was ruled out by VAR for offside.
Atletico were improved after the interval, probably after some choice words from Diego Simeone, and came close via Diego Costa’s head and Juanfran’s right boot, but Inter defended their 1-0 lead in a manner that their opponents would have been proud of.
They didn’t allow Los Rojiblancos any shots on target until a Vitolo header in the 89th minute, which Samir Handanovic spectacularly saved.
Source: forzaitalianfootball.com